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items: M&A: Sectra Acquires AI Radiology Startup Oxipit to Scale Autonomous Diagnostic Imaging
items: Grow Therapy Secures $150M to Expand Enterprise Partnerships for Mental Health Platform
items: Elation Health Launches AI Fast Lane to Automate Primary Care Billing Workflows
items: Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate Announces Latest Cohort of 18 Digital Health Companies
items: Why Pharma Must Adopt “Decision Engines” for Medical Engagement
items: LexisNexis Brings Deepfake and Fraud Defense to Epic MyChart
items: Thyme Care Launches Integrated Social Support (ISS) Model Powered by AI Acuity Engine
items: Why Guideway Care Acquired Waypoint to Fix the EHR Execution Gap
items: AWS Announces Amazon Connect Health: Agentic AI for Clinical Workflows and Scheduling
items: Microsoft Upgrades Dragon Copilot to an Agentic Clinical Assistant at HIMSS 2026
items: Google Cloud Showcases Agentic AI Healthcare Partnerships with CVS Health, Humana, and Waystar
items: Sage Raises $65M to Expand AI Senior Care Platform to Prevent Falls
items: Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) Acquires Rimidi for Chronic Care Management and RPM Integration
items: Using Clinical NLP to Unlock Untapped Quality Data for HEDIS Compliance
items: Greater Good Health Raises $20.5M to Expand Value-Based Primary Care Clinics

M&A: Sectra Acquires AI Radiology Startup Oxipit to Scale Autonomous Diagnostic Imaging
type: item
creator: Fred Pennic
date: 2026-03-06T21:41:14Z
subject: Digital Health
subject: Health IT
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions
subject: radiology
description: What You Should Know The Deal: Swedish medical imaging and cybersecurity giant Sectra has entered into an agreement to acquire Oxipit, a Lithuanian startup specializing in AI-based radiology solutions. The deal is expected to close in March 2026. The Tech Shift: While most radiology AI currently acts as a “co-pilot” (flagging findings and acting as ... Read More
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Grow Therapy Secures $150M to Expand Enterprise Partnerships for Mental Health Platform
type: item
creator: Jasmine Pennic
date: 2026-03-06T14:10:00Z
subject: Digital Health
subject: Startups
subject: Behavioral Health
subject: Mental Health
description: What You Should Know The Funding: Grow Therapy has secured a $150M Series D led by TCV and Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives with new participation from BCI and Menlo Ventures, the round brings Grow’s total capital raised to $328M at a reported $3 billion valuation. The Scale: The company has quietly built a ... Read More
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Elation Health Launches AI Fast Lane to Automate Primary Care Billing Workflows
type: item
creator: Fred Pennic
date: 2026-03-06T14:09:00Z
subject: EMR/EHR
subject: Health IT
subject: Medical Billing
subject: Revenue Cycle Management
description: What You Should Know The Launch: Elation Health, a clinical-first technology platform for primary care, has launched new AI-powered billing workflows featuring a “touchless fast lane” for claims. The Hard ROI: In pilot practices, 72% of eligible routine claims were created completely touchlessly directly from the visit note sign-off. Of those, over 95% were reviewed, ... Read More
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Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate Announces Latest Cohort of 18 Digital Health Companies
type: item
creator: Fred Pennic
date: 2026-03-06T14:00:00Z
subject: Digital Health
subject: Health IT
subject: Startups
subject: Mayo Clinic
description: What You Should Know The Announcement: Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate has officially welcomed its newest cohort, selecting 18 national and international healthcare technology companies to participate in its 30-week immersive program. The “Moat”: The most significant benefit of the program is access to Mayo Clinic’s data ecosystem. Startups will be able to utilize millions of de-identified, ... Read More
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Why Pharma Must Adopt “Decision Engines” for Medical Engagement
type: item
creator: Jones Jaick, Partner at ZS Associates
date: 2026-03-06T11:10:00Z
subject: biopharma
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Opinion
description: Pharma medical affairs teams have spent the last decade investing heavily in digital transformation. Virtual advisory boards, omnichannel platforms, CRM systems, and analytics dashboards are now standard. Yet despite this progress, many medical engagement strategies still appear static. Plans are often locked in annually, channels are treated as separate silos, and success is measured by ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Jones-Jaick_Headshot-1-1500x1875.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-94878" width="457" height="571" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Jones-Jaick_Headshot-1-1500x1875.jpg 1500w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Jones-Jaick_Headshot-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Jones-Jaick_Headshot-1-232x290.jpg 232w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Jones-Jaick_Headshot-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Jones-Jaick_Headshot-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Jones-Jaick_Headshot-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Jones-Jaick_Headshot-1-scaled.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px" /> Jones Jaick, Partner at ZS Associates Pharma medical affairs teams have spent the last decade investing heavily in digital transformation. Virtual advisory boards, omnichannel platforms, CRM systems, and analytics dashboards are now standard. Yet despite this progress, many medical engagement strategies still appear static. Plans are often locked in annually, channels are treated as separate silos, and success is measured by activity rather than relevance. The disconnect is not a lack of data or tools. It is that engagement models have not kept pace with how healthcare professionals actually consume scientific information today. In a world where clinicians move fluidly between formats, timelines, and levels of depth, static engagement plans struggle to remain useful. Decision engines help bridge that gap by shifting medical affairs from rigid execution to adaptive, insight-guided engagement that respects both scientific integrity and regulatory boundaries. Why static engagement no longer reflects how HCPs learn Medical affairs planning has traditionally mirrored clinical trial thinking. You def…

LexisNexis Brings Deepfake and Fraud Defense to Epic MyChart
type: item
creator: Jasmine Pennic
date: 2026-03-06T08:47:00Z
subject: EMR/EHR
subject: Health IT
subject: Epic EHR Integration
description: What You Should Know The Integration: LexisNexis Risk Solutions is significantly expanding its footprint within the Epic Connection Hub, allowing U.S. hospitals using Epic to natively deploy a broader suite of identity verification tools. The Target: The primary goal is to secure access to Epic MyChart, ensuring that only successfully verified patients can access their ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" width="600" height="181" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/324390_LexisNexis_Risk_Solutions_Logo_1yHighv1.jpg" alt="LexisNexis Brings Deepfake and Fraud Defense to Epic MyChart" class="wp-image-94997" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/324390_LexisNexis_Risk_Solutions_Logo_1yHighv1.jpg 600w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/324390_LexisNexis_Risk_Solutions_Logo_1yHighv1-300x91.jpg 300w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/324390_LexisNexis_Risk_Solutions_Logo_1yHighv1-290x87.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> What You Should Know The Integration: LexisNexis Risk Solutions is significantly expanding its footprint within the Epic Connection Hub, allowing U.S. hospitals using Epic to natively deploy a broader suite of identity verification tools. The Target: The primary goal is to secure access to Epic MyChart, ensuring that only successfully verified patients can access their highly sensitive personal health information (PHI) while maintaining a frictionless user experience. The Tech Stack: The expanded portfolio gives health systems modular access to tools like ThreatMetrix (an AI-powered behavioral and device risk platform), Flex ID, Phone Finder, and One Time Password (OTP) authenticators. The Roadmap: LexisNexis announced future plans to integrate IDVerse, an AI‑powered verification solution that uses biometric and document authentication to detect deepfakes and forgeries, supporting a dynamic, NIST IAL2-certified workflow. A Modular Approach to Identity Risk The power of this integration lies in its modularity. Because the tools integrate seamlessly with Epic, hospital IT teams can dynamically choose which components of the LexisNexis suite they want to combine based on their specific risk tolerance. Instead of relying solely on easily compromised passwords, health systems can deploy a layered defense: Passive Behavioral Analytics: Using Le…

Thyme Care Launches Integrated Social Support (ISS) Model Powered by AI Acuity Engine
type: item
creator: Jasmine Pennic
date: 2026-03-06T05:01:00Z
subject: Health IT
description: What You Should Know The Launch: Thyme Care, a leading value-based cancer care enabler, has officially launched its Integrated Social Support (ISS) model. The Paradigm Shift: Instead of waiting for a patient to flag an emotional or financial crisis, Thyme Care is positioning licensed, master’s-level social workers as the first point of intervention. 100% of ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" width="1280" height="591" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Thyme_Care_Logov1.jpg" alt="Thyme Care Launches Integrated Social Support (ISS) Model Powered by AI Acuity Engine" class="wp-image-94996" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Thyme_Care_Logov1.jpg 1280w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Thyme_Care_Logov1-300x139.jpg 300w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Thyme_Care_Logov1-290x134.jpg 290w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Thyme_Care_Logov1-768x355.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /> What You Should Know The Launch: Thyme Care, a leading value-based cancer care enabler, has officially launched its Integrated Social Support (ISS) model. The Paradigm Shift: Instead of waiting for a patient to flag an emotional or financial crisis, Thyme Care is positioning licensed, master’s-level social workers as the first point of intervention. 100% of members are proactively screened for psychosocial barriers at enrollment. The Data Reality: Proactive screening at just one partner site revealed staggering non-clinical barriers: 53% of patients faced financial toxicity, 22% experienced food insecurity, and 13% had transportation barriers. The AI Engine: The human-led social work team is powered by a proprietary AI infrastructure that continuously synthesizes claims, clinical, and social data into a “dynamic acuity model.” This algorithm ensures the highest-risk patients are prioritized for outreach in real time. Scaling Empathy with AI In healthcare operations, the primary challenge with social work is scalability. How do you deploy highly trained clinical social workers (LCSWs) efficiently across a massive, geographically dispersed patient population without burning them out? Thyme Care solves this by wrapping its human workforce in a layer of advanced data architecture. The company’s social work team is directed by an AI infras…

Why Guideway Care Acquired Waypoint to Fix the EHR Execution Gap
type: item
creator: Fred Pennic
date: 2026-03-06T05:00:00Z
subject: Health IT
subject: Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions
description: What You Should Know The Deal: Guideway Care, a leader in evidence-based patient activation, has acquired and integrated Waypoint Healthcare Solutions. Waypoint’s entire team, including founders Lisa McDermott and David Bradshaw, has joined Guideway. The Core Problem: Health systems have invested heavily in Electronic Health Records (EHRs), digital front doors, and population health analytics. However, ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" width="400" height="278" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/guideway-care.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-94992" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/guideway-care.jpg 400w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/guideway-care-300x209.jpg 300w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/guideway-care-290x202.jpg 290w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /> Guideway Care, the Patient Activation Company What You Should Know The Deal: Guideway Care, a leader in evidence-based patient activation, has acquired and integrated Waypoint Healthcare Solutions. Waypoint’s entire team, including founders Lisa McDermott and David Bradshaw, has joined Guideway. The Core Problem: Health systems have invested heavily in Electronic Health Records (EHRs), digital front doors, and population health analytics. However, a massive “execution gap” remains in the non-clinical layer. Identifying a social determinant of health (SDoH) or logging a referral in the EHR does not guarantee the patient will actually book the appointment, leading to revenue leakage and poor value-based care performance. The Technology Strategy: Waypoint brings specialized AI and virtual agent tools to the table. Rather than pitching AI as a standalone automation product that replaces staff, Guideway is utilizing it as an “amplification layer.” AI handles real-time detection, pattern recognition, and scalable orchestration, empowering human Activation Specialists to focus on contextual judgment and empathy. The RCM Impact: By governing the execution layer between encounters, the unified platform aims to directly improve the revenue cycle through increased referral closure, reduced avoidable emergency department utilization, and gap closure for at-risk populations. Moving from Engagement to Activation For years, digital health vendors have sold “patient engagement” tools—usually manifesting as generic SMS blasts or passive pati…

AWS Announces Amazon Connect Health: Agentic AI for Clinical Workflows and Scheduling
type: item
creator: Fred Pennic
date: 2026-03-05T17:05:00Z
subject: Health IT
description: What You Should Know The Launch: AWS has officially launched Amazon Connect Health, the company’s first purpose-built, agentic AI solution designed specifically for healthcare providers and their patients. The Capability: The platform acts as an autonomous administrative workforce, integrating directly with existing Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to handle patient verification, appointment scheduling, medical history reviews, ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" width="1200" height="823" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-6.png" alt="AWS Announces Amazon Connect Health: Agentic AI for Clinical Workflows and Scheduling" class="wp-image-95003" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-6.png 1200w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-6-300x206.png 300w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-6-290x199.png 290w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-6-768x527.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /> What You Should Know The Launch: AWS has officially launched Amazon Connect Health, the company’s first purpose-built, agentic AI solution designed specifically for healthcare providers and their patients. The Capability: The platform acts as an autonomous administrative workforce, integrating directly with existing Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to handle patient verification, appointment scheduling, medical history reviews, clinical documentation, and medical coding. The Clinical Workflow: Amazon Connect Health operates across the entire care continuum. It surfaces patient history summaries before the visit, ambiently transcribes notes during the visit, and generates billing-ready medical codes after the visit. The Early Traction: Early adopters are seeing massive ROI. UC San Diego Health reported diverting 630 hours weekly from routine patient verification to direct assistance, slashing call abandonment rates by 30%. Meanwhile, Amazon-owned One Medical has already utilized the ambient documentation features across more than a million visits. The Trust Engine: To ensure clinical safety, AWS utilizes “evidence mapping”—a feature that links every piece of AI-generated output (like a medical code or clinical summary) back to the exact moment in the transcript or medical record where it was sourced, allowing for rapid, confident human auditing. Agentic AI: Beyond Passive Chatbots Unl…

Microsoft Upgrades Dragon Copilot to an Agentic Clinical Assistant at HIMSS 2026
type: item
creator: Fred Pennic
date: 2026-03-05T17:00:18Z
subject: Digital Health
subject: Health IT
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Clinical Documentation
subject: Microsoft
description: What You Should Know: The Evolution: At HIMSS 2026, Microsoft announced that Dragon Copilot is evolving from a standalone ambient documentation tool into a unified AI clinical assistant. It now integrates with Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing clinicians to pull work-related context (emails, chats, schedules) directly into the clinical workflow. Microsoft revealed that more than 100,000 ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" width="900" height="456" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dragon-Copilot.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-94986" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dragon-Copilot.jpg 900w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dragon-Copilot-300x152.jpg 300w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dragon-Copilot-290x147.jpg 290w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dragon-Copilot-768x389.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /> What You Should Know: The Evolution: At HIMSS 2026, Microsoft announced that Dragon Copilot is evolving from a standalone ambient documentation tool into a unified AI clinical assistant. It now integrates with Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing clinicians to pull work-related context (emails, chats, schedules) directly into the clinical workflow. Microsoft revealed that more than 100,000 clinicians currently rely on Dragon Copilot as part of their daily practice, supporting the care of millions of patients every month. The “App Store” Model: Microsoft has opened Dragon Copilot to third-party innovation via the Microsoft Marketplace. Health systems can now deploy partner-built AI apps and agents (from companies like Canary Speech, Optum, and Regard) directly inside the Copilot interface to handle tasks like revenue cycle management and prior authorization. Role-Specific Expansion: Microsoft is moving aggressively beyond the physician. The platform now includes deeply tailored workflows for nurses (automating structured flowsheet entries like med-surg and line insertions) and radiologists (paired with PowerScribe One to summarize prior reports). Global Footprint: The physician experience for Dragon Copilot has expanded internationally and is now available in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands, featuring robust multilingual conversation capture (58 languages). Unifying the Fragmented Desk…

Google Cloud Showcases Agentic AI Healthcare Partnerships with CVS Health, Humana, and Waystar
type: item
creator: Fred Pennic
date: 2026-03-05T16:50:00Z
subject: Digital Health
subject: Health IT
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Revenue Cycle Management
description: What You Should Know The Paradigm Shift: At HIMSS 2026, Google Cloud officially signaled the end of the “point-and-click” software era in healthcare, ushering in the age of “agentic AI”—systems that autonomously execute complex, multi-step workflows. The Infrastructure: These capabilities are powered by Vertex AI and the multimodal Gemini models, operating within a secure, HIPAA-compliant ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" width="1500" height="265" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-15-1500x265.png" alt="Google Cloud and Seattle Children's Partner to Develop AI-Powered 'Pathway Assistant'" class="wp-image-87197" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-15-1500x265.png 1500w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-15-300x53.png 300w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-15-290x51.png 290w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-15-768x136.png 768w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-15-1536x271.png 1536w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-15.png 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" /> What You Should Know The Paradigm Shift: At HIMSS 2026, Google Cloud officially signaled the end of the “point-and-click” software era in healthcare, ushering in the age of “agentic AI”—systems that autonomously execute complex, multi-step workflows. The Infrastructure: These capabilities are powered by Vertex AI and the multimodal Gemini models, operating within a secure, HIPAA-compliant “walled garden” that ensures patient data is never used to train Google’s foundation models. CVS Health’s Health100: CVS is launching an open, AI-native consumer engagement platform called Health100, designed to provide proactive health interventions and connect users to pharmacist-led care, regardless of their insurance provider. Massive Hard ROI: Highmark Health expanded its generative AI assistant, Sidekick, delivering a calculated $27.9M in AI-enabled value in 2025 alone. Similarly, revenue cycle giant Waystar utilized Google Cloud’s AI to prevent more than $15 billion in denied claims. Consumer & Member Experience: Humana is deploying Agent Assist to its 20,000 member advocates to summarize calls in real-time, while Quest Diagnostics launched the Quest AI Companion to translate complex lab results into plain language for …

Sage Raises $65M to Expand AI Senior Care Platform to Prevent Falls
type: item
creator: Jasmine Pennic
date: 2026-03-05T16:49:32Z
subject: Digital Health
subject: Health IT
subject: Startups
subject: Aging Care
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Senior Care
description: What You Should Know The Funding: Sage, an integrated care platform for senior living and skilled nursing, has raised a $65M Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, bringing its total capital to $124M. The Market Crisis: The senior care industry is currently short 1.8 million licensed caregivers and suffers from a ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" width="1500" height="502" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sage_Logo-1500x502.jpg" alt="Sage Raises $65M to Expand AI Senior Care Platform" class="wp-image-94977" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sage_Logo-1500x502.jpg 1500w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sage_Logo-300x100.jpg 300w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sage_Logo-290x97.jpg 290w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sage_Logo-768x257.jpg 768w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sage_Logo-1536x514.jpg 1536w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sage_Logo-2048x685.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" /> What You Should Know The Funding: Sage, an integrated care platform for senior living and skilled nursing, has raised a $65M Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, bringing its total capital to $124M. The Market Crisis: The senior care industry is currently short 1.8 million licensed caregivers and suffers from a staggering 79% turnover rate. Meanwhile, 72 million Americans will reach retirement age by 2030. The Tech Solution: Sage is deploying predictive AI to shift the industry from a reactive posture to a preventative one. Its Sage Detect engine analyzes daily activity patterns (like sleep changes and bathroom frequency) to identify fall risks before adverse events occur. The Workflow Integration: Sage unifies data from fragmented Electronic Health Records (EHRs)—including PointClickCare, Yardi, ALIS, and ECP—into a single, real-time dashboard, vastly reducing the cognitive load on caregivers. The Hard ROI: Sage-powered communities are already reporting a $275 increase in Net Operating Income (NOI) per resident per month, a 50% reduction in falls, and 50% faster response times. The $65M Pivot to Prevention: How Sage is Using AI to Rewire Senior Care By 2030, one in five Americans will be of retirement ag…

Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) Acquires Rimidi for Chronic Care Management and RPM Integration
type: item
creator: Fred Pennic
date: 2026-03-05T16:45:36Z
subject: Digital Health
subject: Health IT
subject: Most Popular
subject: Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions
description: What You Should Know The Acquisition: Health Recovery Solutions (HRS), a dominant player in remote patient monitoring (RPM) and enterprise remote care, has officially acquired Rimidi, an Atlanta-based chronic disease management company. Financial details were not disclosed. The Strategic Shift: The deal accelerates HRS’s transition from a primarily post-acute monitoring company into a comprehensive, end-to-end ... Read More
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Using Clinical NLP to Unlock Untapped Quality Data for HEDIS Compliance
type: item
creator: Tim O 'Connell, M.ENG, M.D, Co-Founder CEO at emtelligent
date: 2026-03-05T16:20:00Z
subject: Health IT
subject: Opinion
subject: Population Health Management
description: From my experience working with healthcare providers and payers, there’s one thing that stands out to me: the most important insights for compliance are almost never in the data fields you expect. Instead, they’re buried somewhere in the mounds of clinical data amassing in healthcare every day. As a practicing radiologist, I see firsthand just ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TimOConnell_emtelligent_Headshot-1500x1762.jpg" alt="Using Clinical NLP to Unlock Untapped Quality Data for HEDIS Compliance " class="wp-image-94875" width="520" height="611" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TimOConnell_emtelligent_Headshot-1500x1762.jpg 1500w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TimOConnell_emtelligent_Headshot-255x300.jpg 255w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TimOConnell_emtelligent_Headshot-247x290.jpg 247w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TimOConnell_emtelligent_Headshot-768x902.jpg 768w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TimOConnell_emtelligent_Headshot-1308x1536.jpg 1308w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TimOConnell_emtelligent_Headshot-1744x2048.jpg 1744w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> Tim O’Connell, M.ENG, M.D, Co-Founder & CEO at emtelligent From my experience working with healthcare providers and payers, there’s one thing that stands out to me: the most important insights for compliance are almost never in the data fields you expect. Instead, they’re buried somewhere in the mounds of clinical data amassing in healthcare every day. As a practicing radiologist, I see firsthand just how much of the most meaningful information never makes it into traditional reporting. In my experience working with payers and providers, the difference between missing reporting targets and exceeding them usually comes down to how well you can access what’s hidden in the rising mountains of clinical narrative. I’ve also found that with the help of natural language processing (NLP), it’s entirely possible to find every needle in the haystack and consistently exceed reporting requirements. The Unstructured Data Gap is Too Wide to Cross Alone More than 80% of healthcare data is unstructured, meaning it exists as physicians notes, referrals, discharge …

Greater Good Health Raises $20.5M to Expand Value-Based Primary Care Clinics
type: item
creator: Fred Pennic
date: 2026-03-05T16:11:00Z
subject: Digital Health
subject: Startups
subject: Value-Based Care
subject: Value-Based Primary Care
description: What You Should Know The Funding: Greater Good Health has secured a $20.5M Series B led by Allumia Ventures, alongside up to $12.5M in venture debt from HSBC Innovation Banking. The Backers: The round features strategic participation from heavy hitters, including DaVita Venture Group, Granite Financial Holdings (the investment arm of Blue Cross of Idaho), ... Read More
encoded: <img loading="lazy" width="1500" height="1257" src="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GreaterGoodHealth_leadership_team-1500x1257.jpg" alt="Greater Good Health Raises $20.5M to Expand Value-Based Primary Care Clinics" class="wp-image-94982" srcset="https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GreaterGoodHealth_leadership_team-1500x1257.jpg 1500w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GreaterGoodHealth_leadership_team-300x251.jpg 300w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GreaterGoodHealth_leadership_team-290x243.jpg 290w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GreaterGoodHealth_leadership_team-768x644.jpg 768w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GreaterGoodHealth_leadership_team-1536x1288.jpg 1536w, https://hitconsultant.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GreaterGoodHealth_leadership_team-2048x1717.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" /> Greater Good Health Executive Team: Sylvia Hastanan (CEO/Founder), Matt Gagalis (CCO), Mike Grover (CFO) and Tyler Jung, MD (CMO) What You Should Know The Funding: Greater Good Health has secured a $20.5M Series B led by Allumia Ventures, alongside up to $12.5M in venture debt from HSBC Innovation Banking. The Backers: The round features strategic participation from heavy hitters, including DaVita Venture Group, Granite Financial Holdings (the investment arm of Blue Cross of Idaho), Optum Ventures, and Flare Capital Partners. The Model: The company tackles the primary care physician shortage by deploying a Nurse Practitioner (NP)-centric care model, designed to manage complex Medicare populations through proactive, value-based care arrangements. The Scale: Operating as an extension of health plans and hospital systems, Greater Good Health currently serves more than 200,000 patients. They recently opened their fourth physical clinic—and first in Idaho—partnering directly with Blue Cross of Idaho. The ROI: The model is yielding hard c…